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The Mother of All Pointy Sticks
Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.
http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483 -- Regards, JT Speaking only for myself.... |
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John Thomas wrote:
Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share. http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483 Apparently pointy sticks are difficult to make. The site says the stock delivered was unacceptable. They must not have had the approved rec.woodworking plans. -Jim |
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John Thomas said:
Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share. http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483 Let's see. Thirty 3 foot pointy sticks and a bamboo quiver. Not quite enough for around here... Robin should think twice about selling these _period_. The potential for law suits is astounding. The perfect retroactive birth control. In my generation, it was the rolling egg - an orange plastic contraption you climbed into and held on for dear life as your friends rolled you down a steep hill. If you weren't thrown free and impaled by a pointy stick, the leg and arm fractures would cripple you. But I'll take 4 sets of these pointy sticks, extra sharp... Greg G. |
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In article , Greg G.
wrote: In my generation, it was the rolling egg - an orange plastic contraption you climbed into and held on for dear life as your friends rolled you down a steep hill. If you weren't thrown free and impaled by a pointy stick, the leg and arm fractures would cripple you. Lawn Darts... -- ~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~ ------------------------------------------------------ One site: http://www.balderstone.ca The other site, with ww linkshttp://www.woodenwabbits.com |
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by a pointy stick, the leg and arm fractures would cripple you. But I'll take 4 sets of these pointy sticks, extra sharp... Greg G. What for? ...Birth control? -- Alex - "newbie_neander" woodworker cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com not my site: http://www.e-sword.net/ |
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You'll put your eye out with that thing!
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Wed, Nov 16, 2005, 8:42pm (EST+5) (John*Thomas)
does posteth: Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share. http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483 But what about plans? JOAT Just pretend I'm not here. That's what I'm doing. |
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AAvK said:
by a pointy stick, the leg and arm fractures would cripple you. But I'll take 4 sets of these pointy sticks, extra sharp... Greg G. What for? ...Birth control? No, for poking at people in the wreck. ;-) Greg G. |
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"John Thomas" wrote in message ... Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share. http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483 -- Regards, JT Speaking only for myself.... You'll putcher eye out! Steve |
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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:06:16 -0800, "SteveB"
wrote: "John Thomas" wrote in message . 6... Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share. http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483 -- Regards, JT Speaking only for myself.... You'll putcher eye out! Steve Remember jarts? |
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"John Thomas" wrote in message ... Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share. http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483 Jeeeeez , you just gotta think that this was a product liability suite in the making. I'm thinking LeeValley may have thought that also. |
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Oh my gods - that girl is TINY!
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Lawn darts were a game???? I just threw them up as high as I could and
run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brian :-) -- www.members.cox.net/bsnikitas "Never Underestimate The Power Of Stupid People In Large Groups!" "Dave Balderstone" wrote in message tone.ca... In article , Greg G. wrote: In my generation, it was the rolling egg - an orange plastic contraption you climbed into and held on for dear life as your friends rolled you down a steep hill. If you weren't thrown free and impaled by a pointy stick, the leg and arm fractures would cripple you. Lawn Darts... -- ~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~ ------------------------------------------------------ One site: http://www.balderstone.ca The other site, with ww linkshttp://www.woodenwabbits.com |
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"Dave Balderstone" wrote in message tone.ca... In article , Greg G. wrote: In my generation, it was the rolling egg - an orange plastic contraption you climbed into and held on for dear life as your friends rolled you down a steep hill. If you weren't thrown free and impaled by a pointy stick, the leg and arm fractures would cripple you. Lawn Darts... -- ~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~ ------------------------------------------------------ One site: http://www.balderstone.ca The other site, with ww linkshttp://www.woodenwabbits.com The mother of all potential lawsuits was that stupid balancing board set atop a can laid on its side. No telling how many Christmas morning were ruined by that thing...... jc |
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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas wrote:
Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share. http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483 Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks: http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm Regards, Roy |
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Is that a teepee pole in your pocket or...
aw never mind... |
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In article r9Sef.14120$sg5.446@dukeread12, Brian In Hampton
wrote: Lawn darts were a game??' I never used the word "game" Just "lawn darts" ;-) -- "Wherever there is a jackboot stomping on a human face there will be a well-heeled Western liberal to explain that the face does, after all, enjoy free health care and 100 percent literacy." -- John Derbyshire |
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In article , Roy
wrote: but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks: No point that I can see. MOA dowels, maybe... -- "You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a BEER. " - Frank Zappa |
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True but I was hinting that pick up sticks were a game............... -- www.members.cox.net/bsnikitas "Never Underestimate The Power Of Stupid People In Large Groups!" "Dave Balderstone" wrote in message tone.ca... In article r9Sef.14120$sg5.446@dukeread12, Brian In Hampton wrote: Lawn darts were a game??' I never used the word "game" Just "lawn darts" ;-) -- "Wherever there is a jackboot stomping on a human face there will be a well-heeled Western liberal to explain that the face does, after all, enjoy free health care and 100 percent literacy." -- John Derbyshire |
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"Brian In Hampton" wrote Lawn darts were a game???? I just threw them up as high as I could and run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brian :-) I can do ya one better than that. I have a brother who was one of those reckless, crazy guys who flirted with death many times in his life and rarely got hurt. I on the other hand, if I don't super observe every possible safety rule, gets hurt easily. When he was about 14, got together with another crazy guy in the general area and found some old, leaking dynamite at an old logging camp. They picked it up and drove it home in the back of a pickup. Took it out in a field in back of the house and blew some holes in the ground near some big rocks. The they proceeded to put some dynamite in the hole and roll big rocks onto the top of the charges. They would then blow up the dynamite and run around to avoid the rocks as they fell down from the sky. As they continued doing this, the rocks broke up and became smaller and smaller. Which meant that they would be harder to see. And all he got from this was a few small bruises. And no blows to the head. And he thought it was great fun. |
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:19:30 GMT, Roy wrote:
Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks: http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm Thanks for that ! I've just been looking for tipi poles (Shame that shipping is probably impractical) |
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In article ,
Roy put an RP here wrote: On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas wrote: Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share. http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483 Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks: http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm Regards, Roy Yeah, but it looks like you have to supply your own point. -- Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland |
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Lawrence Wasserman wrote:
In article , Roy put an RP here wrote: On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas wrote: Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share. http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483 Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks: http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm Regards, Roy Yeah, but it looks like you have to supply your own point. I get the point. |
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"Jim Vidler" wrote in message ... John Thomas wrote: Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share. http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483 Apparently pointy sticks are difficult to make. The site says the stock delivered was unacceptable. They must not have had the approved rec.woodworking plans. -Jim Nah - the pointy stick part was OK.... even managed to get the double-end part right... The bamboo cases were wet - and when they arrived, were covered with mold..... ;( Neat product - but we ain't shipping moldy stuff ..... Cheers - Rob |
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wrote in message oups.com... You'll put your eye out with that thing! only if you run with it |
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:40:42 +0000, Andy Dingley wrote: On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:19:30 GMT, Roy wrote: Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks: http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm Thanks for that ! I've just been looking for tipi poles (Shame that shipping is probably impractical) Probably. Cost me about $125 to have my last set shipped from Minnesota. I imagine it's a tad more to the UK. I keep these out of the weather when not being used. My previous set lasted 10-12 years stored outdoors in Texas. Try one of these sites for a more local source for you. One of the 'skinners there will know where you can get them. Sharpen your draw knife and put a fresh belt on the sander though. http://web.onyxnet.co.uk/Gunn.MacLaren-onyxnet.co.uk/ http://www.hudsonbaytrappers.co.uk/ http://www.falsterske.dk/ (also has English version) http://www.hiswap.uitholland.nl/ http://www.coon-n-crockett.org/linklist.htm (good place to start a search) |
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On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 01:01:25 GMT, Roy wrote:
http://web.onyxnet.co.uk/Gunn.MacLaren-onyxnet.co.uk/ Weird. Here in the UK there's pretty much _no_ crossover between muzzle loaders and tipi-dwellers. They're more likely to see them as targets! |
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In article , Mark & Juanita
wrote: They keep those in a different warehouse. Just make sure you order as many boxes of points as you order sticks. Damn. Like shaving appliances. Give 'em the stick and sell 'em the points... -- "I'm a man, but I can change... If I have to... I guess." -- Red Green |
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"Mark & Juanita" wrote in message
Roy Yeah, but it looks like you have to supply your own point. They keep those in a different warehouse. Just make sure you order as many boxes of points as you order sticks. Except in San Francisco ... where only blunts are allowed, and only outlaws have points. -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 11/06/05 |
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Dave Balderstone said:
In article , Greg G. wrote: In my generation, it was the rolling egg - an orange plastic contraption you climbed into and held on for dear life as your friends rolled you down a steep hill. If you weren't thrown free and impaled by a pointy stick, the leg and arm fractures would cripple you. Lawn Darts... Or how about Cox model rockets. An 8 ounce plastic model rocket that you stuffed Estes "C" engines into and hoped it made it off the ground. If the parachute failed, as it frequently did, one could be impaled by a red plastic high velocity pointy stick from above. Standing around the launch site, gazing at the sky for a tell-tale sign of the aberrant missile, would sometimes result in a loud "thunk" as the rocket's hard plastic nose cone impaled the hard, sun-baked clay to a depth of 3-4" - three feet ahead of you. Talk about putting your eye out... Between this and the violent explosions from homemade rocket propellants, I had few friends left by the time puberty arrived. Oh, yes. The Darwin factor certainly cleaned up the gene pool when I was a child - damned tort lawyers... g Greg G. |
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:03:19 GMT, (Lawrence Wasserman) wrote:
In article , Roy put an RP here wrote: On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas wrote: Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share. http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483 Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks: http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm Regards, Roy Yeah, but it looks like you have to supply your own point. There's a bunch of you making way too many disparaging remarks about tipi poles of late. Just going to pick on Lawrence's post to rebut all y'all. Hey, I consider something that tapers from 4-5 inches across to 3/8 inch across over 26-28 feet in length to be pretty pointy. It ain't sharp, I admit, but it sure has a pointy shape. If you shrunk that pole down to needle size, it would be sharp AND pointy. Visualize a tipi pole as a giant needle that you thread with a 3 inch rope. Got that image firmly in your head? mmmh?? If you do, you need to get out in the shop and make some sawdust. Something's wrong with you folks if you have to make unkind jokes about another man's tipi poles, and sawdust will fix it. And before all y'all ask, no, you can't cut up my set of poles. I need 'em myself for the lodge as the stakes are way too short to hold up the cover let alone the liner, ozan and door. Hmmph. Regards, Roy |
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:40:42 +0000, Andy Dingley
scribbled: On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:19:30 GMT, Roy wrote: Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks: http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm Thanks for that ! I've just been looking for tipi poles (Shame that shipping is probably impractical) You mean you have to *buy* tipi poles???? Why can't you just go out in the bush and cut a few lodgepole pines? Luigi Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email address www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/humour.html www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...ct_Woodworking |
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On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:08:23 -0800, Luigi Zanasi
wrote: You mean you have to *buy* tipi poles???? Why can't you just go out in the bush and cut a few lodgepole pines? Shortage of lodgepole pines. My best option locally for long straight poles is coppiced ash and I can't find any of that length that thin. For yurt rafters I cleave ash, but it just wouldn't look right on a tipi. |
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On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:20:29 +0000, Andy Dingley
scribbled: On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:08:23 -0800, Luigi Zanasi wrote: You mean you have to *buy* tipi poles???? Why can't you just go out in the bush and cut a few lodgepole pines? Shortage of lodgepole pines. My best option locally for long straight poles is coppiced ash and I can't find any of that length that thin. For yurt rafters I cleave ash, but it just wouldn't look right on a tipi. I was just kidding, but I now wonder if there is a business there for someone here to ship lodgepole pine tipi poles from the YK to the UK. Our lodgepole pines tend to grow in almost pure stands of tightly packed trees, hence they are tall and straight (but that's the nature of the interior subspecies of the inaptly named Pinus contorta). What do you think people would be prepared to pay for them and is there much of a demand? Luigi Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email address www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/humour.html www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...ct_Woodworking |
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On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 08:14:59 -0800, Luigi Zanasi
wrote: What do you think people would be prepared to pay for them Zilch Who wants a tipi ? Hippies want tipis. How much money do hippies have ? Bugger all. and is there much of a demand? No. There's a better market in yurts and geodesic domes. Domes in particular have a "commercial" market on the festival circuit and so they might be bought by someone who actually has a real budget. Tipis might be OK to live in, but the doorway / light / floorspace just aren't big enough to use them as a stall or venue for anything commercial. The few UK lodgepole pines I've seen have been in odd locations, not in stands, and they've been anything other than straight. There are a few about, and I could probably round them up with a lot of looking, but those "$10" prices for as many as I wanted would have saved me a lot of legwork. |
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Lawrence Wasserman wrote:
In article , Roy put an RP here wrote: On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas wrote: Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share. http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483 Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks: http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm Regards, Roy Actually, the Mother of All Pointy Sticks dates back to the paleomezocretatianous period - developed by a little black lady in Africa. I think she was mentioned in Alex Haley's book. http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/...2History0.html charlie b |
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On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:42:48 -0500, (J T) wrote:
Sat, Nov 19, 2005, 3:17pm (EST-3) (charlie*b) Actually, the Mother of All Pointy Sticks dates back to the paleomezocretatianous period - developed by a little black lady in Africa. snip Did she leave any plans, and if so, are they copyrighted, or public domain? Unfortunately she was an ancestor of the late W Disney, so even though she has been dead for millenia, her works are preserved by copyright law; each time her works would nearly get to public domain, new laws were passed keeping them protected. :-) JOAT Just pretend I'm not here. That's what I'm doing. +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
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On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:20:57 +0000, Andy Dingley
scribbled: On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 08:14:59 -0800, Luigi Zanasi wrote: What do you think people would be prepared to pay for them Zilch Who wants a tipi ? Hippies want tipis. How much money do hippies have ? Bugger all. and is there much of a demand? No. There's a better market in yurts and geodesic domes. Domes in particular have a "commercial" market on the festival circuit and so they might be bought by someone who actually has a real budget. Tipis might be OK to live in, but the doorway / light / floorspace just aren't big enough to use them as a stall or venue for anything commercial. Ah well, there goes my get-rich-quick scheme of providing poles to British tipi dwellers. :-( The few UK lodgepole pines I've seen have been in odd locations, not in stands, and they've been anything other than straight. There are a few about, and I could probably round them up with a lot of looking, but those "$10" prices for as many as I wanted would have saved me a lot of legwork. Probably Shore pine then, the contorted coastal subspecies of Pinus contorta, which gave the species its name. Luigi Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email address www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/humour.html www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...ct_Woodworking |
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:16:35 GMT, "noonenparticular"
wrote: The mother of all potential lawsuits was that stupid balancing board set atop a can laid on its side. No telling how many Christmas morning were ruined by that thing...... jc I have two words for you... Chemistry sets Sure, in the lab you need a coat, goggles, gloves, mask, venting hood, fire doors, and goodness knows what else, but with a home chemistry set, all you need is a bunch of alcohol to fire up the alcohol lamp and you're in business! (I remember melting sulfer in a test tube, then putting in some water, and watching a sulfer chunk rocket out and hit the aluminum patio cover...) Mark |
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